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All other rooms can be used as needed to try and add more atmosphere or history to the castle, random encounters if the player's resources aren't getting worn down, or peppered with some dark power illusions if you need to mess with their heads some more. I've been DMing the excellent D&D 5e adventure Curse of Strahd for about a year and a half now (our group likes to take our time) and we're about to get to the climax, Castle Ravenloft, the home of Strahd von Zarovich. Those are the rooms you will have to really prepare for. we learn that Castle Ravenloft lies deep within the ethereal plane. Read through each room and take notes of all the ones that contain an encounter/trap/npc/treasure. Novels and computer games would follow, as well, with 5e's Elemental Evil storyline. It darkens over the land of Barvia, stark against the sky as an possible sign of the esterd power over the earth. Select the one you wish to add and click on the blue Add to Game button beside the drop down menu.
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These content packages are available via a dropdown menu in the Game Addons section of the Game Details Page. The 5e adventure uses the old maps for the original adventure back in the 1980s. But if I had to run it without a computer I would definitely try to make each floor its own map so that you can line up the stair cases and balconies as needed. The Ronloft Castle is the ancestral home of the von Zarovich family and the current home of vampire Lord Serhead von Zarovich. Accessing your content The Castle Ravenloft Map Pack is an addon. You could either use them as-is (and lose the feeling that the castle is big, or redraw the maps splitting each square into four. I've only ever run the castle Digitally, which makes it easier to run the rooms since I can just click on the location rather than have to flip all over the book.
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If they do accept then they wouldn't have access to the full castle (especially not the catacombs), but it gives them a chance to explore the castle in stages rather than as one giant dungeon crawl. I usually have players try to enter it early on, which is usually accomplished by way of Strahd's invitation.